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Drink driver admits causing teen’s death

A drink driver has admitted causing the death of a teenage moped rider.

Glen Holburt appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday and admitted causing death by driving without due care and attention while over the alcohol limit.

Edward Lynch from Kidlington was knocked off his moped in the crash on the B4031 Clifton Road in Deddington on April 15.

Accused shouted at victim’s friend

A driver who was over the limit ran down a cyclist and killed him before walking back and shouting at the victim’s friend, a jury heard yesterday.

Tom Kahl, 18, Kidlington, died at the scene on a country road in the middle of the night after crossing the road on his bike to join his friends.

Jonathan Ashworth, of Shipton-on-Cherwell, denies causing death by careless driving while over the alcohol limit.

Celebrations as Thames Water takes over sewer

Kidlington residents are celebrating after Thames Water took ownership of their sewers.

In the past, residents have been flooded out and have had to organise and pay for repair work, no matter where the problems originated.

Nordic walking is taking off

More than 700 people across Bicester, Banbury and Kidlington have taken up the latest keep-fit craze of Nordic walking, run by Cher-well District Council.

Camra are going loco over new logo

Alan Studholme definitely has a reason to crack open a bottle of beer. The 55-year-old from Kidlington had been named winner of The Oxford Beer Festival logo competition.

Military band plays for heroes fund

Grenadier Guards old and young gathered for a special concert to raise money for injured soldiers this week.

Among the listeners was 23-year-old Hannah Pearce from Kidlington with her son Jacy, aged 29 months.

She said: “I came along today because my fiancée is a Grenadier Guard. He’s currently stationed in Aldershot but he’s due to go back to Afghanistan in March.”

As always, if I have missed anything out, then please let me know in the comments section. Or if you have any Kidlington News that isn’t in the usual press, then let me know and I’ll be more than happy to add it to Kidlington Blog!

4 Kidlington related stories in the news for the 19th to 25th of September. Here they are:

Owner Shuts Down Stores Blaming High Rents. An article written about the closure of Clovers in Kidlington and Botley. Always sad when local shops shut down.

Movie Charts City’s Music Scene. Interesting story about a Film Director (from Kidlington) who has made a documentary about the Oxford Music Scene. I fancy checking this out actually. The film will tour independent cinemas across the country before it is released on DVD later this year.

Residents share memories of life in the 50s. Residents of Oxford’s Cutteslowe estate who grew up together in the 1950s were reunited at a party at the weekend. They gathered at the Green Road Club in Kidlington on Saturday to share memories.

Scouting in need of more leaders. More than 100 Oxford youngsters want to join the Scouts but cannot because of a shortage of adult leaders, the new district commissioner has said. Paul Thompson, 26, is thought to be one of the youngest district commissioners in the movement and hopes to recruit more adult volunteers of all ages. Mr Thompson – who teaches design and technology at St Gregory the Great School in Oxford – succeeds Kidlington’s Val Butcher.

Have I missed anything? Let me know in the comments or on Twitter / Facebook!

Not really much going on this week in the news for Kidlington. Couple of stories though.

Council blocks plan to build £20m waste treatment plant. The headline sounds good, but upon reading it… you see that they have approved a £3m “super dump” to be built on greenbelt farmland between Oxford Spires Business Park and Langford Meadows Wildlife Site.

Fire call centre shake-up back on the agenda. A potential merger of Kidlington Call Centre with other call centres is being fought against by the Fire Brigade Union. Both sides have their reasons for and against the merger, so will be be interesting to see how this plays out.

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